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spacegy4

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Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:32 AM (permalink)

Recently I completed a project (my first major mod) where I built a case from raw materials.

Here is the log:

I designed the entire case using Autodesk Inventor Pro 2011
Here is a back quarter view.

I liked the vertical motherboard mounting style of the raven 2 so I decided to implement that in my design.

I divided the case into thermally isolated chambers for the motherboard, power supply and optical drives, and hard drives.

I will be using a 7in MIMO USB monitor which I have integrated into the case.

The high school has a machine shop which I used to band saw the extrusion to size. I got a local machine shop to laser cut the plates.

The 2 frame pieces are now welded:

The plates have all been lasered. Here are some pics of the hot action.

I'm also uploading a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd0PaFXRxIE

I took the plates and just tried laying them out on the frame by hand.

here are pics:

parts that I ordered from performance-PCs arrive

The motherboard tray is secured to the case with 3 screws and 2 L brackets with 2 screws each.

progress picture

The external disk drive and hard drive cages are now secured!

Camouflage applied to plates and final assembly

pic from front with lights out. The monitor is MSI afterburner showing info on my videocard

DMIINC Total Posts : 5799 Joined: 3/2/2007 Location: Suwanee, GA Status: offline Ribbons: 32 Folding: 537,997	Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 11:37 AM (permalink) Very nice build.
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PanzerMensch Total Posts : 1662 Joined: 6/22/2009 Location: Canada Status: offline Ribbons: 4	Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:36 PM (permalink) OoOoOh very nice! love the digi camo! Conspiracy Theorist: Nothing more than a derogatory title used to dismiss a critical thinker. NOTE I'm still crazy though
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jers47 Total Posts : 349 Joined: 4/25/2009 Location: Colorado Status: offline Folding: 21,598,625	Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:44 PM (permalink) Very nice! What screen is that? Make sure and at it to the MODS Rigs! http://www.evga.com/modsrigs/TopRating.aspx Intel 3930k C2 5ghz Asus RIVE X79, 16GB GSkill DDR3 2133 3 x XFX 6970 xfire, OCZ Vertex 3 SSD 3 x 24" LCD, 2 x XFX 1250 Pro PSU, TH10 Case Labs, 2 x 480 rads and 1 x 360 rad
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spacegy4 Total Posts : 3 Joined: 12/31/2008 Status: offline Ribbons: 1	Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:48 PM (permalink) its a mimo monitor. It uses displaylink over USB
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HeThing Total Posts : 6863 Joined: 5/11/2010 Location: 6F4-72Y-6A8J <-- My Affiliate Code :D Status: offline Ribbons: 41 Folding: 11,575,922	Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:41 PM (permalink) amazing casebuild..:D New Member=? (who wants to get the best start here at EVGA?) (click here) YOU got the chance to see "The LEGO-House!" (build by MR. LEGO) You want to be my friend? (STEAM) (Xfire) (=EGC=KiLLingQ) PLEASE help me with this issue
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raw2dogmeat

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Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 2:37 PM (permalink)

SWEET

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unhappyelf Total Posts : 320 Joined: 9/24/2008 Location: Houston, Tx Status: offline Ribbons: 1 Folding: 2,143,489	Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:04 PM (permalink) Isn't there supposed to be a cover around your usb monitor? Great Case, cant wait to see more pics of it.
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Animal67

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Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:25 PM (permalink)

Impressive!

One question though. Why not use "L" channel? It probably would have cut you weight by a 1/3 at least.

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Brazen_NL

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Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:47 PM (permalink)

Very nice.

The plate with the three fanholes looks like it's got a serious dent in it, though?

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fsuwade Total Posts : 1961 Joined: 4/22/2008 Status: offline Ribbons: 6 Folding: 10,545	Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:45 PM (permalink) Great case love the monitor in the front of the case as well. Welcome to the forums. Heatware - fsuwade01
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patchesanook Total Posts : 3757 Joined: 2/4/2006 Location: in a cave in west virginia Status: offline Ribbons: 8 Folding: 9,551,778	Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:57 PM (permalink) nice
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flasher4q

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Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:29 PM (permalink)

Outstanding Build...

EVGA Z 77 FTW | i7 2700K - 4.8 Ghz v core 1.265
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spacegy4

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Re:Case from scratch project Friday, January 14, 2011 7:16 AM (permalink)

unhappyelf

Isn't there supposed to be a cover around your usb monitor?

Great Case, cant wait to see more pics of it.

there is a cover. It's clear plastic so you can't see it.

Animal67

Impressive! One question though. Why not use "L" channel? It probably would have cut you weight by a 1/3 at least.

I used 1/16" square tubing. The L channel was just for the design drawing. Sorry I forgot to mention that

@brazen: I removed the dent before I continued

thanks for all the positive feedback guys.

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straggs

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Re:Case from scratch project Saturday, January 15, 2011 1:39 AM (permalink)

how did you get the exact dimensions for the fan cutouts? I would like to know as I'm eventually thinking about eventually employing a laser etcher to cut some panels of my own. Awesome rig by the way

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Re:Case from scratch project Saturday, January 15, 2011 1:42 AM (permalink)

Good looking build.

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xpclassified

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Re:Case from scratch project Saturday, January 15, 2011 2:41 AM (permalink)

Damn really nice!

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JeffreyHam Total Posts : 7830 Joined: 8/8/2006 Location: Missouri Ozarks, U.S.A. Status: offline Ribbons: 126 Folding: 11,619,568	Re:Case from scratch project Saturday, January 15, 2011 5:43 AM (permalink) SWEEEEEEEET!!! PLEASE REMEMBER TO UPLOAD A COPY OF YOUR INVOICE = My Current Linked and Synced Settings All detailed system components are listed on my Mods Rigs page.
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Sum1uNo83 Total Posts : 2692 Joined: 4/14/2009 Location: Florida Status: offline Ribbons: 12	Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 20, 2011 7:18 PM (permalink) very cool man, inspired me to do a scratch build from wood! should be interesting.
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Gone Cruising Total Posts : 1548 Joined: 2/17/2008 Location: North Sound Status: offline Ribbons: 36	Re:Case from scratch project Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:20 PM (permalink) Fantastic work!!!! We want more!!!!! Asus P8P67 WS Revolution, Intel Core I7 2600K, Pair of 60gb SSD Corsair Force GT's in Raid 0, Four 1TB HD's in Raid 10, 2tb backup, 16gb 1600 Corsair Vengance, EVGA GTX 660 in SLI, Corsair H70, Custom Acrylic Case HEATWARE http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=67033
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